David Clemetson
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David Clemetson
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David Louis Clemetson, born in Jamaica into a wealthy family, was one of the first black people to serve as an officer in the British Army. He was commissioned in the Pembroke Yeomanry in October 1915. He was killed in action in France in September 1918. Almost a century before Clemetson, Nathaniel Wells served in the Yeomanry Cavalry of Gloucestershire and Monmouth in 1820 to 1822, and John Perkins served in the Royal Navy from 1775 to 1804. Other early black officers were Walter Tull, of the M
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British army officer (1893–1918)
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2023-12-15T00:10:16Z
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